MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 6th 2015
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Monday, April 6th 2015 - 17:15 UTC
Santos port four-day fire raging; efforts concentrated in stopping flames from spreading
A fire at a fuel storage facility near Brazil's largest port Santos entered its fourth day on Sunday as 110 firefighters worked to stop the flames from spreading further, the local fire department said.
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Monday, April 6th 2015 - 17:07 UTC
Unlikely Gibraltar talks in 2015: elections in UK, Spain and the Rock
If tripartite talks were restarted between Gibraltar, Spain and UK and agreements reached, as they were under the ‘Cordoba’ experience, these would almost certainly need to take the form of treaties so that Spain can be relied on to stick to them. Nevertheless 2015 is year of elections in UK, Spain and Gibraltar.
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Monday, April 6th 2015 - 16:56 UTC
Brazilian economy to contract 2% this year, and inflation 9% predicts French bank
BNP Paribas said in Sao Paulo that it expects Brazil's gross domestic product to shrink 2% this year, or double the contraction the French financial services company had projected one quarter ago.
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Monday, April 6th 2015 - 16:43 UTC
Mexican oil production drops following deadly fire on offshore rig
Mexico's oil production dropped following a deadly fire at an offshore platform, while authorities are still searching for three missing workers, state-run energy firm Pemex said.
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Monday, April 6th 2015 - 08:33 UTC
Falklands' RAF MPA complex allegedly technically exposed by UK defense blunder
A new report says a UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) blunder has put the Falkland Islands at risk of attack from Argentina, which claims sovereignty over the archipelago and in 1982 invaded the Islands militarily until they were defeated and ousted 74 days later.
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Monday, April 6th 2015 - 06:20 UTC
International legal actions against Petrobras keep climbing
One of Sweden’s largest investors has pledged to take direct legal action against Petrobras, becoming the third large investor to seek damages individually from the Brazilian oil group.
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Monday, April 6th 2015 - 06:02 UTC
UK ratifies support for Falklands' oil and gas industry development
The British government has dismissed a reported threat from Argentina to prosecute oil firms drilling near the Falkland Islands. Argentine authorities said that the explorations “carry a huge environmental risk” and claimed that the London-registered companies, which announced last week they had found oil and gas in a remote field off the Islands, should be tried in Argentina
